pretentiousness

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Some of X’s pretentiousness — she is given to statements like “To be rebellious and to distrust rebellion is the plight of the tragic artist” — bleeds over into the book itself.

From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2023

Perhaps not surprisingly, narcissistic arrogance can also come out in the ways one usually associated with pomposity — "pretentiousness, preening, snobbery, a sense they are better than others," according to Durvasula.

From Salon • Jan. 26, 2023

Besides its portions, prices and flavors, it’s ironically Ravi’s lack of pretentiousness that gives it cache.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 2, 2022

The pretentiousness of acting is a fun thing to lampoon, and “Official Competition” does it with surgical precision.

From Washington Post • Jun. 21, 2022

Standing in all its chilly pretentiousness so near to Still's tomb, it well illustrates the immense decline in monumental art which took place during the seventeenth century.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Dearmer, Percy